The Prayer Thread
Hello 👋
Let me start by saying I know religion has played a negative role in some peoples lives. If thats you, this thread may not be a good fit for you, although you may want to involve yourself to explore your feelings a little more. I just ask that you do so respectfully - all are welcome.
I often notice comments around faith, God and prayers in the daily check ins, and I wonder if theres a need for a prayer thread where people can come together and seek comfort in a quiet corner of 7 cups. So here goes ...... a brand spanking new thread for all things prayer related.
I confess Im not the most devout of Christians, so please dont look to me to find the right words all the time. But if you just want to sit a while, connect with God, and share that need with another human being, Im here to sit with you. I hope others will add to this thread and it becomes a place for mutual support.
And as for other faiths, oh gosh. Im a complete ignoramus. But I hope this can be an inclusive and respectful thread, so please dont feel excluded, whatever your beliefs ❤️
@DeborahUK God bless u for this one!
My grandparents are watching over me and every single thing that has occured up until this point.
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May Allah heal our hearts, souls, and minds. May He give us the strength to conquer our anxieties and traumas because, they don't define us and there is something better at the end.
@CoolBeans29
@DeborahUK this is really inspiring)
Ah, I found you again! Hi friends :)
Would you pray for me please? I'm sitting here at my computer reaching out/around .... but what I really need are prayers and sleep!
Officially now, I guess I've scared my general practice Doctor "enough?" She asked if she could call my dad, during my appointment today - yeah in the office. So now I have an appointment time (3:30pm eastern) tomorrow July 3, to go to the behavioral health hospital for an assessment. 
My Doctor is realizing, as I have already, that whatever I am doing/not doing on my own about this eating disorder (ED) is not working. I am still losing weight, even after a week of home cooked meals at my M&D's house (of the ten days my brother was here, roughly one/day). The amount of sleep I am getting is pathetically sad; if you count the short naps here and there in the daylight hours then I'm doing a little better.
I have so much fear right now, guys. I dislike it very much, but it is still true. My anxiety levels are VERY high - which of course does not make sleep any easier (for me, especially at night).
So, yes, I would appreciate if y'all would pray for me. Just sort of in general right now, but for these things ^ above if you prefer to be more specific (I usually do). Thank you so much! In Christ's <3, Platy
@barncat @Anomalia @manymore.Ineedtologoff.tobed!
@cyanPlatypus6370- i definately will say some prayers for you. Glad you reached out to this community- we each have our own troubled journey- and it is better to walk with others. Hugs and prayerful thoughts.
Here it is, @barncat! I finally found it. (Some of that time I was talking on the phone - but it really took way too long for me to find, according to me. And I was specifically looking for it! Help somehow, @Tazzie?)
I am glad I decided this would be my answer Before! I left my home on Tuesday. I decided that if someone asked, How are you, I would respond, I am grieving.
I just was talking with Mom and said I have too much stuff to do this week, and then my good friend decides to die!? Okay, I realize it was not his decision, but ....
I didn't go to see him. I did not keep current with their 'caring bridge' posts - so I did not know he was even admitted to the hospital. He struggled against cancer for a long time - well it felt long. He had pancreatic cancer (and later also cancer in his lungs and on his liver). I know it is real - like he really has died ... but it doesn't feel real.
His wife and their family are planning a service for us on Friday. I do not know yet where he will be buried or if on the same day. I have not talked with his wife yet - in part because I do not know what to say, especially on the phone. We will have a service about Charles for his wife, family, church family, and friends and everyone :) this coming Friday, July 24 in the early afternoon. I found and read the medium-short story of Charles' life that is posted on the funeral home's website. I could not remember how old he was (when my mom asked) and from that I figured: Charles was 52 and half years old. NOT OLD!
Though I might have to cancel/rearrange my schedule for Friday and maybe some other days, I *will* be going to this service. Death is always hard, I think. And sometimes, if it be sudden, or the person was too young, or (insert other shocking thing) - it can feel harder. I cannot imagine how Charles' wife is feeling right now (12:10am, Thurs) but I hope she is getting some good rest.
7cups friends? Will you please pray for us - all of us who know/knew Charles and his wife? Even just for wisdom on how to answer: 'oh hi there, how are you?' Request that those who need to get out of work to come, are allowed to do so.
For me? I really do have a lot going on this week = not cool. I am exhausted physically and so I actually *need* my night medications to help me sleep. I'll probably fall asleep pretty quickly; my request is that I will stay asleep. Oh, and I need to cry more. I cried with my counselor on Monday (previously set appt - Thank you, God!) from underneath my blanket. It would be good for me to find some time to write, look/search for 15-20 mins, but then use about 45 to 60 mins.
Thank you, friends of 7cups. Myself and all of us here, friends of Charles, would really appreciate your intercessory prayers. 
Platy
@cyanPlatypus6370- oh Platy- you will certaintly be in my prayers. To lose a dear friend is heartwrenching. The holes they leave in our lives is only filled with love as we remember them over time- and believe me- the loss is deep. Hugs and lots of love to you.
@cyanPlatypus6370
Yes I pray for him with my heart, my mind and my soul, I suffer metastasis cancer too so I know what it means to spread to your organs...
I pray he finds wonderful great new worlds where he can be appreciated and loved and be happy...
I grieve also souls have to go this way...😔😔😔
Would you mind praying for me? My relationship with my partner is challenging at times due to me not having fully worked through past traumatic experiences. It's difficult for the both of us and I want the chance for us both to experience happiness and grow together so prayers for our joint growth, learning and communication together would be much appreciated. Have a blessed day everyone 
It's been almost 1 month since I lost my Momma. It was sudden, unexpected and traumatic. I still feel so guilty and believe deep down that I could have stopped it if I had known. I miss her so much and need to talk to her. I could definently use prayers.
@prayingforpeacealways
Deep prayers for you...the moment we lose our parents we ceise to be children...your loss is heavy...prayers for you and your dear mom...
@nyeupe Thank you
@prayingforpeacealways
Greetings! ❤️
May peace and blessings be upon you. I just want to say I am sorry for your loss. To lose a mother... I don't think it's anything that ANYONE is ready for, ever. Something that is so far from our minds.
May Allah heal your heart, may He smoothen out your problems, may He shower your family comfort and peace. I notice that your post was a while ago! I lost my father on the 4th of July, I didn't talk to him much (he left) but, before he died I was able to reconnect with him, by the grace of God.
Don't feel guilty please. It's easier said than done. :( It was her time to move on from this world. By Allahs mercy, may she be in a better place and covered in His mercy.
I can't imagine the mental battles you must go through daily. May Allah make it easy for you ❤️ He's here for you, the 7Cups community is here for you. Take it easy on yourself and continue to move forward.
Much Love ❤️
Can you please pray for me? In stuck (because of the legal age here and also Corona) with my abusive parents. It's taking a huge toll on my mental/emotional health and probably my physical health too.
Yes, indeed. I will (we will) pray for you. Shall I pray for the days to go at double speed, like 12 hrs every day, so then we'd get to your birthday sooner and you could move out?
I have had to go back to live with my parents (one of whom is still quite abusive toward me, even as I am now an adult) two separate times now in the last about 15 years. For me, some of those days or nights were terribly hard.
I've heard - though I don't know who first said this or figured it out - that as human beings we cannot be anxious, worried, concerned, upset, fearful at the same time as being consciously grateful or thankful. Sometimes it is very hard, but may I challenge you? Probably not a good idea to say such in the middle of a verbal argument (well not out loud anyway), but just ask yourself, what could I be thankful for, for just the next 30 seconds?
Sometimes my answers were as basic as: 1. I am thankful I have a place to sleep tonight. 2. I am thankful that I can read. 3. I am thankful that there are fiction books to read and I can dive into them and "escape" into the world of the book. 4. I am thankful that the air here is clean enough that I can breathe. 4. I am thankful that I can walk. etc etc
This stupid virus! .... (sigh) ......... Dear God, this virus! This CoVID-19 virus, I don't understand it. Many of us do not. Why must we have this "new?" virus that is so deadly? Why do some people who become infected die from the virus and its complications .... when at the same time, others are infected and they get better - some of them not even knowing that they were infected to begin with!? God? I know I am just one human and that I cannot know everything, but sometimes it feels like it sure would help if I knew a bit more. Thank you, God, for the people - the doctors and the scientists and those who have studied in infectious diseases and virus-ology 
that they are studying diligently, working long hours, and continuing in their quest to find an effective vaccine. Be with them, Lord. As this virus has spread around our entire Earth - I ask you, God, be with us please. You, Lord, know exactly what is in each of all of our hearts. You know how we're feeling and what we need the most. You know our wants too; You, God, know what is best for each one of us. Please help us to remember You, to come to You. In Your all-encompassing wisdom, Lord, help us. Help us to help others and to see each person as You see them, God. We love you, God. Help us to love You and to love each other - those around us (and ourselves too) - more and more as each day begins, and as each day comes to its end.
God, we don't understand and we hurt in so many ways. Be closer to us, God. Thank you. In the mighty name of Your Son, Jesus, I ask these things. Amen.
@1CuteCinnamonBabyXoxo #CoVID19 #CoVID #CoVIDcomplications @BooksHugsTea6370 @Barncat @Moj @KindDay4067
Oh, yes ... God? Thank you for friends. They can be very awesome sometimes and they can even save our lives. Thank you, God, that while I cannot now see You here at my home or in the parking lot - thank you that I can see You in the lives of others and that they can help me and point me toward You, when I forget. Love you, God. Your child, Platy ;)
@cyanPlatypus6370, the days don't have to go by twice as fast. I just need them to leave me alone. But if they can't do that the day going by faster would help so much.
@1CuteCinnamonBabyXoxo :) yup. gotcha, dear. ((offers comforting hug)) I hope you are having a good night! Rest well xo! ~ Platy <><
@1CuteCinnamonBabyXoxo- sending you blessed prayers and thoughts to sustain you during these challenging times.
Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed mother, come to me with the Gods' desire for my future. Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air.